internet and society
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Internet and Society Russian Outlook
Ivan Begtin Director of NGO “Informational Culture”
Bullet points, they kill kittens. This time we saved so much of them as possible
Is Russian Internet different ? Probably
Social networks
55.5 mln Russian users (total 84.8 mln)
same as Vkontakte
Facebook and Twitter are popular only among educated people from big cities like
Moscow
Major trends
1st. Russian Internet population growing rapidly
2nd. Mobile Internet everythere (except rural areas)
3rd. New media: data journalism and others
4th. Government is adopting and using Internet
Russian Internet
49% Internet Users % of population
70 mln. Number of Internet users
6th ranked against other countries
Mobile Internet facts
28.5%Mobile Internet users all Russia
38.3% Moscow mobile internet users
Source: Liveinternet.ru statistics 1 may 2013
13.6%Mobile Internet users at Kemerovskaya Oblast (Siberia)
Mobile Internet platforms Android 14% Internet Users 3.3x growth since May 2012 Growing rapidly
iPhone+iPad 9% Internet Users 2.5x growth sine May 2012 Stable
Symbian 7.5% Internet Users 2.5x growth sine May 2012 Falling
Source: Liveinternet.ru statistics 1 may 2013
New Media
Data Journalism Open Data visualization and stories
Citizen Journalism Bloggers as journalists and news sources
Paid content Media that provide paid access to articles (Vedomosti)
Citizen journalism is very popular. It’s everywhere!
Data journalism is key discussion topic.
Some media provide articles as paid content. But it isn’t popular.
Government approach
Adapt Open Government and Open Data initiatives
Control New “harsh” regulation and censorship.
Use Huge government IT-‐projects based on Internet infrastructure
Government adapts
Citizen engagement
Crowdsourcing
Open Data
Citizen control
Open Government
Government Control
Public opinion used to create censorship tools
Civil society projects are under pressure
Government came to rule
More responsibility for media
Government uses Internet
Government contract system (zakupki.gov.ru)
Major government whole Russia projects
Government public body monitoring system (bus.gov.ru)
Federal tariff monitoring system (fstrf.ru)
And many others!
